Georgia signed an agreement on association and free trade with the EU. A solemn event took place in the framework of the Eastern Partnership Summit, which began on Thursday in Vilnius, reported channel "Rustavi 2."
The 1000 page contract was signed by Davit Zalkaliani, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. He called the event historic, and said that the process of European integration for the country has become irreversible.
The signing of the Association Agreement was being prepared under President Mikhail Saakashvili, who repeated Georgia's desire to join the EU and NATO. A similar agreement was signed by Moldova, but at the last moment, Ukraine decided against signing the agreement.
Signing of an association agreement does not mean that there is immediately a binding contract. The contract must approve by parliaments of all EU countries, which may take a long time. However, the association does not guarantee entry the European Union. For example, Croatia waited for 12 years from signing the association agreement to joining the European Union. Turkey agreed to the association back in 1962, but has not joined any structure. --0--
Politics
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Armenia is not against the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, but does not consider it appropriate to discuss this issue now. "In the context of peace, we consider it possible to make a decision on the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group. When peace is an established fact, the existence of such a format may raise questions," Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference today. "The whole question is about the timing, we need to understand how effectively and correctly to turn such topics into a subject of discussion right now," the Armenian Prime Minister added.
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He expressed his willingness to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the border between the two countries. "A meeting with Ilham Aliyev could take place at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. I am open to such a format," Pashinyan said at a press conference today. According to Pashinyan, Armenia recently presented another proposal for a peace treaty to Azerbaijan.
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On August 31, Azerbaijan observes a "day of silence" before the Sunday’s early parliamentary elections for the unicameral Milli Majlis. All electoral campaigning is prohibited 24 hours before the voting. The early elections were initiated by the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party. This decision was motivated by the overlap of the scheduled elections in November with the global UN forum - the COP20 climate conference taking place in Baku.
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On August 30, at approximately 22:55, the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant in Metsamor was disconnected from the country's power grid, as reported by the Armenian Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure. The shutdown was caused by a lightning strike, which triggered the plant's safety systems to switch the station to a safe shutdown mode. Currently, the plant's staff is working on restarting the facility.
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